Walking Catfish

Lytocestus Infestation 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Skin Flukes. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Pallisentis Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Hemiclepsis Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Palaeorchis Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Procamallanus Infection 6. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Masenia Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Phyllodistomum Infestation 3. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Posthodiplostomum Infestation 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Dactylogyrus Infestation 1. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Capingentoides Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Djombangia Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Gyrocotyle Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Lytocestus Disease (Lytocestus sp.). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Lytocestus Infestation 1. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Fungal Infection (general). Fungal diseases

Lytocestus Infestation 3. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Monobothrioides Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Pseudocaryophyllaeus Infestation 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Pseudolytocestus Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Ascaridia Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Echinocephalus Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Pallisentis Infestation 3. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Bacterial Infections (general). Bacterial diseases

Yellow Grub. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Enteric Septicaemia of Catfish. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

The pair manifests the 'spawning embrace' which is widely observed in other catfish species (Ref. 33313). The pair gently nudge each other in the genital region and flick their dorsal fins; male wraps his body around the female, then the female releases a stream of adhesive eggs into the nest (Ref. 44091). In southeast Asia, spawning period is during the rainy season, when rivers rise and fish are able to excavate nests in submerged mud banks and dikes of flooded rice fields (Ref. 40977).

Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 60 - 76; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 47 - 58

Inhabits swamps, ponds, ditches, rice paddies, and pools left in low spots after rivers have been in flood (Ref. 2854). Usually confined to stagnant, muddy water (Ref. 1479). Found in medium to large-sized rivers, flooded fields and stagnant water bodies including sluggish flowing canals (Ref. 12975). Undertakes lateral migrations from the Mekong mainstream, or other permanent water bodies, to flooded areas during the flood season and returns to the permanent water bodies at the onset of the dry season (Ref. 37770). Can live out of water for quite sometime and move short distances over land (Ref. 4833). Can walk and leave the water to migrate to other water bodies using its auxiliary breathing organs. The Lao use this fish as lap pa or ponne pa. Feeds on insect larvae, earthworms, shells, shrimps, small fish, aquatic plants and debris (Ref. 6459). Feeds mainly on insects (Ref. 13497).

Procamallanus Infection 5. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Body compressed posteriorly. Upper jaw a little projecting. Spine of pectoral fins rough on its outer edge and serrated on its inner edge (Ref. 4792). Occipital process more or less triangular, its length about 2 time in its width (Ref. 27732); distance between dorsal and occipital process 4-5.5 times in distance from tip of snout to end of occipital process (Ref. 43281). Genital papilla in males is elongated and pointed (Ref. 52012).

Anchor worm Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Camallanus Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Aeromonosis. Bacterial diseases

Columnaris Disease (e.). Bacterial diseases

Acanthogyrus Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Clinostomum Infestation (metacercaria). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Acanthogyrus Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Dactylogyrus Gill Flukes Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Gonad Nematodosis Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Sporozoa Infection (Hennegya sp.). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Sporozoa-infection (Myxobolus sp.). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Haplorchis Infestation 1. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Posthodiplostomum Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Clinostomoides Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Neodiplostomum Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Orientocreadium Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Gauhatian Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Opegaster Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Phyllodistomum Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Boviena Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Lytocestus Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Gnathostoma Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Procamallanus Infection 1. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Cristaria Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Procamallanus Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Trichodinosis. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Procamallanus Disease 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Adults inhabit lowland streams (Ref. 57235), swamps, ponds, ditches, rice paddies, and pools left in low spots after rivers have been in flood (Ref. 2854, 57235). Usually confined to stagnant, muddy water (Ref. 1479). Found in medium to large-sized rivers, flooded fields and stagnant water bodies including sluggish flowing canals (Ref. 12975). Undertake lateral migrations from the Mekong mainstream, or other permanent water bodies, to flooded areas during the flood season and returns to the permanent water bodies at the onset of the dry season (Ref. 37770). Can live out of water for quite sometime and move short distances over land (Ref. 4833). Can walk and leave the water to migrate to other water bodies using its auxiliary breathing organs. The Lao use this fish as lap pa or ponne pa. Feed on insect larvae, earthworms, shells, shrimps, small fish, aquatic plants and debris (Ref. 6459). An important food fish (Ref. 4833) that is marketed live, fresh and frozen (Ref. 9987). Recently rare, being replaced by introduced African walking catfish (Ref. 57235).

fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial